Asteraceae
Cucumberleaf sunflower
Helianthus debilis
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Helianthus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- دوار الشمس الضعيف
- Chinese
- 小向日葵
- English
- Cucumberleaf sunflower
Synonyms
- Helianthus debilis f. debilis
- Helianthus debilis var. debilis
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tyler Radtke, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: keleenj3, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Shannon Sagers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Marcellino D'Ambrosio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.